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Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday expressed concern over the Gujarat flood situation, urging the government to take all necessary measures to lessen the impact of the natural calamity. Taking to X (formally Twitter), Kharge said, “The flood situation in Gujarat is extremely worrying as […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke with Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on Wednesday to discuss the ongoing heavy rainfall situation in the state. During the discussion, PM Modi received a detailed briefing on the relief and rescue operations currently underway. Taking to X (formally Twitter), Gujarat CM said, “Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a telephonic […]
The Malayalam film industry has been rocked by a volley of allegations of sexual misconduct. Several bigwigs have been accused of sexual misconduct, sending ripples across Mollywood. This led to the dissolution of Association of Malayalam Movie Artists or AMMA. Prominent actor Mohanlal stepped down as president of the panel. The flood of allegations against some […]
Jay Shah will take over as the next chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC) on December 1. He will become the fifth Indian to climb atop the pinnacle of cricket’s global administrative body. The 35-year-old was elected unopposed as the chairman of the ICC, the youngest ever to reach this position.He will replace Greg […]
In a major setback to India’s ambitious Project Cheetah, Oban aka Pawan, was found dead near a drain inside Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday. Preliminary cause of death is suspected to be drowning. Officers are waiting for autopsy report. It’s the second cheetah death in Kuno this month after a cub died on August 5. A dozen, including […]
The Supreme Court has sought Gujarat government’s response to petition filed by sacked IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt challenging his conviction in a 1990 custodial death case. Bhatt, along with Pravinsinh Zala were sentenced to life imprisonment by a Jamnagar sessions court in 2019 after being found of torturing and murdering a 40-year-old man. Both were […]
Gujarat has received nearly 100% of its average monsoon, based on the data of the past 10 years. As of Tuesday morning, the state has recorded 879.96 mm of rainfall, which is about 99.66% of the typical seasonal average. With an average monsoon rainfall of 116.79%, Kutch leads the way, followed by South Gujarat (108.20%) […]
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has issued revised lists of 16 candidates for the first phase of the Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) assembly elections to be held on September 18 hours after withdrawing the list with 44 nominees amid rumblings within the party. It first reissued a list of 15 candidates before releasing a second […]
The war in Ukraine has disrupted global trade and adversely affected many with little to do with the conflict. Numerous foreign nationals from the global south are being forced to fight a war with no stakes and whose cause is alien to them. Amongst these, are at least 91 Indian nationals who were forced to […]
A day after Mandi MP and actor Kangana Ranaut’s controversial comments on farmers’ protest, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leadership reprimanded her and reminded her of her brief. “The statement made by BJP MP Kangana Ranaut in the context of the farmers’ movement is not the opinion of the party. BJP disagrees with the statement […]
The India Employment Report 2024 is no longer available on the ILO’s website and its link has stopped working. The report, previously available on the website, is no longer to be found in any of the ILO’s online publication repositories. Further, the link reports an error, which reads: “This page isn’t working. www.ilo.org redirected you too many […]
The government has issued new guidelines for regularising irregularly opened accounts under the National Small Savings (NSS) schemes through post offices and Sukanya Samriddhi Account (SSA) opened by grandparents. Guidelines have also been issued for PPF accounts opened in the name of a minor, more than one PPF account and extension of PPF account by NRI. Irregular NSS accountsThese have been assessed to be of the following types The […]
The Udupi Cyber Police has arrested two individuals from Gujarat for cheating a local doctor of crores of rupees online. The accused, Mukesh Bhai Ganeshbhai (44) and Dharamjeet Kamlesh Chauhan (28) were arrested for posing as Mumbai customs officials and deceiving Dr Arun Kumar (53) by transferring ₹1,33,81,000 into various bank accounts. The police have […]
The Karnataka government has suspended seven prison officers, including the jailer of central prison in Bengaluru and a high-level inquiry has been initiated after a picture went viral where murder accused and actor Darshan was seen smoking a cigarette in the lawn. He was seen hanging out with other prisoners in the jail. Pictures showed […]
Vasantrao Chavan, a senior Congress leader and party MP from the Nanded Lok Sabha constituency, passed away on Monday morning following a prolonged illness. He was 70. Chavan was undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Hyderabad, where he breathed his last. After heavyweight leader Ashok Chavan defected to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Chavan […]
The interim government in Bangladesh has relieved two diplomats serving at the High Commission in India. Both diplomats are expected to return to Bangladesh soon.The order, issued by the caretaker government led by Muhammad Yunus, took effect on August 17. Shaban Mahmud, First Secretary (Press) at the Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi, was asked […]
Union minister Chirag Paswan on Sunday supported the call for a nationwide caste census. Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) chief and one of the key allies of the NDA government, Paswan said that his party has always maintained its stance that it is in favour of a caste census. He said that that it would help the government […]
Sanjay Roy, the main accused in the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at RG Kar Hospital, confessed to the crime during a polygraph test. Roy, a civic volunteer with the Kolkata Police, was subjected to the lie detector test on Sunday. Sanjay Roy was subjected to the polygraph test days after he claimed innocence […]
Amid ongoing nationwide protest against the brutal rape and murder of a 31-year-old postgraduate trainee doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Hospital, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday called crimes against women an “unpardonable sin”, adding that the guilty should not be spared. The PM said that women’s safety is the priority of the country and […]
During Ed Sheeran’s The +–=÷× Tour, also known as The Mathematics Tour, over 70,000 fans inside Bucharest, Romania’s National Arena, received the surprise of a lifetime on Saturday night. Indeed, popular actor Chris Hemsworth was the drummer for the song “Thinking Out Loud.” Hemsworth never experienced anything like this before and it was captured for […]
